Location: Ashley Park (Rivet Street) Date: August 6, 2019 Time: 5 PM to 8 PM Hosted by Neighborhood United & New Bedford Parks and Recreation Department, National Night Out is America’s night out against crime and a great opportunity to enhance the relationship between neighbors/neighborhoods and law enforcement and other …

A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee pleaded guilty today to embezzling over $20,000 in payments from customers for money orders and stamps. Austin Correia, 22, of New Bedford, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of embezzlement and theft of public money, property or records. U.S. District Court Chief Judge …

On Monday, July 29, at approximately 9:20 pm, New Bedford Police responded to the area of Ashley Blvd. and Deane Street after receiving a report of a stabbing victim. Police arrived on scene and located a victim, who had sustained injuries after being stabbed multiple times. Police were able to …

At 8:15 pm on Sunday, July 28th, New Bedford police officers observed a vehicle driving the wrong way down a one-way street. After stopping the vehicle on Purchase Street, police officers determined the operator of the car was driving while under the influence of alcohol with a child was in …

A pair of brothers from Berkley who were involved in trafficking large quantities of cocaine in the greater-Taunton area were both convicted and sentenced to lengthy state prison terms recently, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Robert White, 38, was convicted last week in Fall River Superior …

On Wednesday, July 24, a Dominican national was sentenced in federal court in Boston for laundering close to $1 million in fraudulently obtained IRS refund checks using 11 different bank accounts at five different banks. Francisco Oscar “Frank” Grullon, 52, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin …

At around 7 pm on July 24th, New Bedford police officers executed a search warrant at 1095 Pleasant Street – apartment 1 and arrest three female roommates. Police report various amounts of fentanyl, cocaine, clonazepam in the apartment. Fentanyl was responsible for 89% of all overdoses in Massachusetts in 2018. …

At 5:25 pm on 24 July, New Bedford police officers responded to a motor vehicle accident on Maxfield Street in New Bedford. After interacting with the driver, police officers determined he was under the influence of a drug. 30-year old Zacharie Stefanski of New Bedford is being charged with OUI-drugs, …

On Sunday, July 28, Dartmouth police officer Justin Amaral arrested Jose Luis Diaz of Dartmouth and charged him with open and gross lewdness, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, operating an unregistered motor vehicle, and a marked lanes violation. Diaz’s arrest was the result of an investigation conducted by Officer …

New Bedford lost three people to what are likely drug overdoses within an 8-day span from July 16-24. One of the victims was discovered unresponsive in front of his home by a person walking by and another was found with 15 prescription bottles. At 3:54 am on July 16th, a …